Anti-Spyware

Spyware is at least a nuisance and may in fact be a security risk to your organization or your person.   At a nuisance - it can infect your computer and cause performance to slow down dramatically.  As a security risk, it may actually reveal some of your personal identifying information. 

What I've found is that there is no one single good solution. 

I use Microsoft Antispyware, Ad-Aware, and Spybot.  When I run all three in succession I find that some of the tools will find spyware that others miss. 

I believe a combination of tools provides the best security for your workstation - at home or at work. 

For more information:

Microsoft Antispyware - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoft.com/

Spybot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/en/index.html 

All products I use are the free versions.

Contributed by Mike Hines, Newsletter Editor